Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them. — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Flawed Human Parents + Shit Life Throws At You = Childhood That 'Builds Character.” — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Your sibling, after all, is the only other person in the world who understands how fucked up your parents made you.” — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
When I was a young mother at home with a two year old and a five year old, living on the Eastside… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Her look was easy to read—she couldn’t understand, we’d always been able to talk, she was hurt. Mothers can give all of… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
My father said that love at first sight should send you running, if you know what's good for you. It's your dark… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“My father, Bobby Oates*, said that love at first sight should send you running, if you know what's good for you. It's… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“I confess I had a Child of Divorce Reunion Fantasy Number One Thousand, where I for a moment imagined my father finding… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“There was no question that it was a necessary divorce, but that didn’t make it less painful. You don’t think it will… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Our memories and the events of our lives are untidy things. We wish that we could file them away and shut the… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“More, much more, will happen after this. Things involving maps and books and true love and tragedy, tragedy like you wouldn't believe. But fine… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“Hannah and Kayla are talking without saying anything. Their conversation goes like this: Hannah: Uh-huh. Kayla: It was like, ugh! Hannah: I know. Kayla:… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
Another person is, at the heart of it, unknowable. And if you cannot know a person enough to always guess what they’re capable of,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. — Deb Caletti Copy Share
If fate is a shape-shifter, then loves is too. It can be, anyway, in its most dangerous form. It´s your best day and then… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny) Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck) — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“You wanted more from people sometimes. And sometimes,you wanted more from yourself.” — Deb Caletti Copy Share
Because that’s how it works after something terrible has happened. You know this is true if something terrible has ever happened to you. A… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“Good guy. There was efficiency to male language. Those two words were what guys said about other guys that they really respected. Guys they… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“In a world of insanity, nothing is sacred. It's an insane world, nothing is sacred.” — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“I like those very realistic paintings that look like photographs, or novels that are so much like actual life that you feel understood.” — Deb Caletti Copy Share
This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
“I confess I had a Child of Divorce Reunion Fantasy Number One Thousand, where I for a moment imagined my father finding out that… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
so what brings you to the doctor today?" "hmm, im afraid i have the chronic desire to save people" "i know about that. i've… — Deb Caletti Copy Share
